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WHO WAS THE FIRST FEMALE JOCKEY TO WIN THE PENNSYLVANIA DERBY?
9/22/2018

Three years before her career abruptly ended, Andrea
Seefeldt won the Pennsylvania Derby. She converted from Show Horse riding to
become a jockey in 1981. She rode across the country for 13 years. In the early
years she struggled as one of the few female jockeys experiencing a variety of
forms of discrimination. The jockey colonies at that time were populated mostly
with men. Getting good mounts for her was very difficult in the early years. There was
a lot of confusion about whether females could or should become jockeys. In
1991 she guided Valley Crossing across the finish-line first to win the Pennsylvania
Derby..